United States
A Green Solution To Improve Cities
Big cities like Chicago and Atlanta are discovering the benefits of urban trees.
Placemaking: Smart Growth And The Arts
Artists need places and places need artists -- how the arts and smart growth can work together.
Top 20 States Losing Farmland To Development
Farming on the Edge presents the top 20 states losing prime farmland to development, as well as posters and images.
GPS Technology Is Vulnerable
Attempts to jam GPS-based weapons and navigation systems are a reminder of just how vulnerable GPS technology really is.
'Tis The Season To Rebuild, And Reconsider
In Iraq, a different kind of rebuilding.
Will Planners Defend Smart Growth?
Proponents of property rights and other conservatives are attacking smart growth as a theory dreamed up by out-of-touch urban planners.
25 Years Of Forward-thinking Design
Builder Magazine looks back at 25 years of'progress, pundits, projects, products and predictions.'
Sprawl In The Spotlight
The April issue of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment presents an review of the top websites exploring the issue of sprawl.
How To Measure A City's Success
Communities across the nation have launched formal "indicators" projects.
Europe's Tallest Building?
In England, architects and developers are pushing the boundaries to build mind-numbingly tall buildings.
Commuting Across The English Channel
The local council in Kent is planning to encourage families priced out of the housing market to move to France and commute daily to work from through the Channel Tunnel.
East Coast Vs. West Coast
It turns out that the New York-Los Angeles dichotomy is more opinion than fact. The two places are becoming more alike.
New Urbanism: A Conspiracy For Small Towns?
Columnist Bill Roberts argues that for small western towns, embracing new urbanism is akin to suicide.
Urban Parks: Innovate Or Stagnate
If the majority of America's parks aren't going to stagnate, they're going to need to learn from those parks that are getting it right.
Why The SBA Cares About Sprawl
The SBA agrees to evaluate environmental and growth impacts of its loans as part of a lawsuit settlement.
Reinventing McDonald's Architecture
McDonald's asked 30 designers to come up with new plans for restaurants and two designers make the finalist list.
Live Traffic Reports On Your Handheld
A GPS-enabled handheld device running new Mapopolis software can track your location and warn you of slow traffic conditions ahead.
Is Public Opinion The Best Jury For 9/11 Memorial?
A distinguished jury introduced to judge a competition for a 9/11 memorial must not ignore public opinion.
Council For European Urbanism Formed
A group of European and American urban designers met in Bruges to discuss New Urbanism and traditional design in Europe.
Is That A Daisy Growing On Your Roof?
More people are finding that 'ecoroofs' help both their property and the environment blossom.
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
City of Rosemead
Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
One Hundred Miles
University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS)
Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
The Architects Foundation
City of Cambridge
Montrose County
The Pocatello Development Authority
